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1 2 3 Pune: A 71-year-old woman's life savings were nearly transferred to cybercrooks who had threatened her with digital arrest, but a private bank's operations head intervened just in time to prevent the fraud, which had occurred last Oct. A case was filed with the Sangvi police on Tuesday. Senior inspector Mahesh Bansode of the Sangvi police told TOI that on Oct 28 last year, the elderly woman received a call from an unknown number.
"The caller told her that she had taken a loan of Rs 3 lakh on a credit card and not repaid it, leading to her bank lodging a complaint with the Mumbai high court against her. The caller also instructed her to go to the bank in Bengaluru to obtain details of her case. As the woman lives alone in Sangvi, it was not possible for her to travel to Bengaluru," the officer said.
You Can Also Check: Pune AQI | Weather in Pune | Bank Holidays in Pune | Public Holidays in Pune According to Bansode, the caller then gave her a cellphone number and told her to make a video call. "The person on the other end spoke with the woman and connected her with another person," the officer said, adding that the other person engaged the woman over the video call for over three hours, obtaining all her details, including bank information and relatives. "He then told the woman not to speak with anyone or allow anyone into her home.
He also instilled fear in the woman by claiming that she was associated with some gangster and might face arrest," Bansode said. The officer said the man then told the woman to give all her money, including fixed deposits (FD), to him. "He even shared a contact number with the woman, after which she went to her bank and began the procedure of liquidating her FDs.
The bank's operation head became suspicious and advised her against it, bot to no avail," the officer said. Bansode said the operation head then showed videos related to ‘digital arrest' to the elderly woman, after which she realised she was being trapped by the cybercrooks. "The woman lodged a complaint with the cybercell.
After preliminary investigations, a case was registered with us on Tuesday," Bansode said. Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Vinoy Kumar Choubey on Thursday felicitated the operation head of the bank. Pune: A 71-year-old woman's life savings were nearly transferred to cybercrooks who had threatened her with digital arrest, but a private bank's operations head intervened just in time to prevent the fraud, which had occurred last Oct.
A case was filed with the Sangvi police on Tuesday. Senior inspector Mahesh Bansode of the Sangvi police told TOI that on Oct 28 last year, the elderly woman received a call from an unknown number. "The caller told her that she had taken a loan of Rs 3 lakh on a credit card and not repaid it, leading to her bank lodging a complaint with the Mumbai high court against her.
The caller also instructed her to go to the bank in Bengaluru to obtain details of her case. As the woman lives alone in Sangvi, it was not possible for her to travel to Bengaluru," the officer said. According to Bansode, the caller then gave her a cellphone number and told her to make a video call.
"The person on the other end spoke with the woman and connected her with another person," the officer said, adding that the other person engaged the woman over the video call for over three hours, obtaining all her details, including bank information and relatives. "He then told the woman not to speak with anyone or allow anyone into her home. He also instilled fear in the woman by claiming that she was associated with some gangster and might face arrest," Bansode said.
The officer said the man then told the woman to give all her money, including fixed deposits (FD), to him. "He even shared a contact number with the woman, after which she went to her bank and began the procedure of liquidating her FDs. The bank's operation head became suspicious and advised her against it, bot to no avail," the officer said.
Bansode said the operation head then showed videos related to ‘digital arrest' to the elderly woman, after which she realised she was being trapped by the cybercrooks. "The woman lodged a complaint with the cybercell. After preliminary investigations, a case was registered with us on Tuesday," Bansode said.
Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Vinoy Kumar Choubey on Thursday felicitated the operation head of the bank..
